familyRanunculaceae
genusRanunculus
subgenusRanunculus subg. Cyrtorhyncha
speciesRanunculus hystriculus
Ranunculus hystriculus
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 328. 1867.
EndemicIllustrated
Synonyms: Kumlienia hystriculus (A. Gray) Greene
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Stems erect from short caudices, not rooting nodally, glabrous, not bulbous-based. Tuberous roots absent. Leaves: basal leaf-blades semicircular or reniform in outline, shallowly 5-7-lobed, 1.2-4.6 × 1.8-6.6 cm, ultimate segments semicircular, margins crenate, apex rounded or weakly apiculate; cauline leaves 0-2, scalelike. Flowers: receptacle glabrous; sepals spreading, white or pale-yellow, 6-13 × 3-6 mm, glabrous; petals 8-12, greenish, 2-4 × 0.6-1.6 mm. Heads of achenes ovoid, 6-7 × 6-8 mm; achenes 3.8-4.2 × 0.8-1 mm, canescent; beak persistent, filiform, 1.2-1.4 mm, hooked distally.
Phenology: Flowering winter–summer (Feb–Jul).
Habitat: Wet places near streams, especially around waterfalls
Elevation: 300-2300 m
Discussion
Ranunculus hystriculus is endemic to the west slope of the Sierra Nevada.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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prolonged +
cylindric +
canescent +
0.8mm;1mm +
dehiscing +
petiolate +
persistent +
much shorter +
terminal +
absent +
3-lobed;scale-like;lobed +
small +
leaflike +
absent +
sepaloid +
absent +
aggregated +
globose;cylindric +
tuberous +
petiolate;sessile +
alternate +
scale-like +
1-2-flowered +
sessile +
Calif. +
small +
abundant +
filiform +
pedicellate +
symmetric +
bisexual +
3;5 +
cylindric;obovoid;cylindric;obovoid;globose;lenticular;discoid +
ovoid +
Present +
compound +
undivided +
free +
crenate +
surrounding +
absent +
hypogynous +
greenish +
distinct +
2mm;4mm +
conspicuous +
8;12 +
reduced +
sheathing +
absent +
simple +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
1867 +
glabrous +
tuberous +
inconspicuous +
glabrous +
crescentic +
tuberous +
basal +
absent +
1;many +
petaloid +
spurred +
imbricate +
pale-yellow;white +
deciduous +
distinct +
? (?) +
spreading +
glabrous +
veined +
distinct +
(5-)10-many +
absent +
bulbous +
erect +
glabrous +
absent +
not bulbous-based +
absent +
persistent +
absent +
Ranunculus hystriculus +
Ranunculus sect. Pseudaphanostemma +
species +
semicircular +
veined +
not loose +
papery +
rhizomatous +
glabrous +